My first attempt at a sonnet...

 Ok, so a few months ago I wrote this sonnet because...well...I had never written a sonnet before (alas, sad but true) and wanted a new poetical challenge! Then a few weeks ago a friend and I decided to swap poems and I sent it to her. She liked it and thus I have finally gotten up the courage to post it! Opinions and critique are appreciated!

 

There is no voice like thine's

so small and still in my soul

and yet with the thunder it intertwines

making all it touches whole

even while the sun sets in the west

and all the earth has taken its toll

in you, nothing can lose its zest

for you are holy and divine

you are absolute and without mistake

where you stand is made a shrine

and it is to you I give my soul to take.

So let no man attempt to venture

to steal what you rightfully procure.